ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,391, issued on Oct. 7.

"Interface system for supplying and/or sinking energy" was invented by Joel B Wacknov (Westlake Village, Calif.) and Dinyu Qin (Oak Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system for sourcing and sinking power. The system may have a bi-directional system of electrical components configured for placement in electrical communication with a power source and a load. The bi- directional system may further be configured to source AC and DC power from the power source to the load and sink AC and DC power from the load to the power source. The system may further include a high fre...